Keshi Reveals his 2014 World Cup Goal

Stephen Keshi, Super Eagles' coach, said his 2014 World Cup target is to surpass the country's best performance of reaching the Round of 16.

Nigeria reached the Round of 16 at USA
1994 and France 1998. But the country has failed to go beyond the
group stage in Korea-Japan 2002 and
South Africa 2010. Although top Nigeria officials have said
they would not set a World Cup target for
the team in Brazil so as not to put them
under undue pressure, Keshi said he hoped
to lead Nigeria to improve on these records
by at least reaching the quarterfinal. "I am looking out to get a very good
squad for the World Cup and go beyond
Nigeria's record in the previous World
Cups," Keshi told Brila FM on Monday. Nigeria are drawn in Group F along with
Argentina, Bosnia-Herzogovina and Iran. Keshi has proposed a pre-World Cup
training camp in the US from May 25. African champions Nigeria have also
picked a training base in Sao Paolo and are
due to play a friendly on March 5 in Europe
as part of the build-up to Brazil 2014.